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i that JAMES .VAN HOUTEN, or NEWARK, NEWJERSEY;

Letters Patent, No. 109,568, dated November 22', 1870.

IMPROVEMENT lhl GAS-MACHINES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and part of the. same.

I, JAMES H. VAN HOUTEN, of the city of Newark, State of New Jersey, have invented certain Improvementsin Gas-Machines, of which the' following, in connection with the accompanying drawing,is a; specification. I

. Figure 1 represents a gasmachinecombining 'my improvements set up ready for use.

- Figure 2 is a view from the end upon the right of fig. 1, with the head removed and showing portions of my improvements.

- Figure 3 is'a view showing the internal arrangementQof arious parts of the machine. Figured-is a ratchet and pawl connected with th spool s'upon the left end of figs. 1 and 3.

' c is an air-carburetihg wheel having uponone end a drum, 1). These wheels are made in various ways, and are usedin many other machines of a like character.

My machine differs fi'om othersin that it has twd cylinders, one within the other, as shown in figs. 2 and 3, the lines o cbeing the outside cylinder, and

the lincsd (1 representing the inside cylinder, which also has a drum marked 0'.

The inside cylinder, 11, is designed to contain. given quantities of water and gasoline, or other carbon fluid, into which the wheelu revolves.

The outside cylinder, 0, is designed to be filled with water, thus completely surrounding the inner cha n'- her d, and rendering it fire-proof and non-explosive.

. f is a pipe extending from the drum :2 thronghboth cylinders, having on the outside, under the'machinc; agas-burner, which,.in-.latitudes where the temperature would make it necessary, may be kept burning for the purpose, of heating theliquid contained be,- tween the two cylinders c and (I, and also the air-pipe h, sothat hot-air may be introduced, required.

his the air-pipe, which is secured upon the' inside of the-inner cylinder, beginning at apoint 'near the top of the same and protruding throught't-he bottom, or at a point near the bottom of both cylinders.

Near the end of the pipe 71-, outside of the cylinders,-

is a cock, :0, for the purpose of'regulatingthe draught.

of air in proportion to the unmberof lights burning.

43 is the aperture through'which both the cylinders sand (1 are filled.

is the valve which closes the inside cylinder 1, which, of course, must be removedwhen it is being 'filled. k' is the outlet for drawing the fluid from the inside cylinder d.

Zisan outlet for drawing the water from the outside cylinder c. 7

1 in is an outlet to the drum 0 for vthe purpose of drawing off all settlings from condensation.

his the automatic feed-pipe.

0 is the waive.

1; is a lever, to which is attached the float which.

operatesthev'alve o, and, when the fluid rises to a given point, closes it, andstops the flow. 4 This automatic valveand float are arranged in "a 7 space, R, between the carbureting wheel and the gaschamber 8, so as not to interfere with the revolution ofsaidwhcel. V

- 3 is the spool upon which is wound the cord which suspends the wcightwhich drives the wheel a. The spool .s is loose 'upon the mainlshaft t, while.

the ratchet shown in fig. 4 is keyed'fast to the same.

The pawl, also shown in the sarnefigure, is fastened.

,to' the spool s, and-when the weight is wound up by means of the crank u, the pawl catches in the ratchet and thus turns the wheel a.

'u is: the outlet by which the gas is distributed for use.

1 [One of the advantages in my machine is that the gas'is made in the wh'eel a. without going into a car .bureter, as in other machines, and passes from the wheel a into thedruui I), and from. thence through the air-pipe g into the drum' 0, and from thence is distributed through the pipe ofor use, thus eutirely dispensing with a carbureter.

Another important advantage is the mixture. of 2 water with the carbon flnid, which enables me to get a purer and better light with less 'smoke and less lia- V bility toexplode.

I have found that gasoline maybe reduced as low as five or six parts wateiiand one part gasoline, and-i yield a'mirchjiurer and better light than pure gaso-. j

line.

Hai''ingthusdescribed my'invention, w Wh.at'1 claim as new, and desire to secure to secure by Letters Patent-, is I 1. The feed-pipe u, the automatic valve 0, and the floatfl' at the 'end of the air-carbureting' wheel, for the gurpose described.

Y 2. The induction air-pipe h, the gas-pipe j, the

burner y; and the water-inclosing cylinder 0, arranged, f

in ielationfto each other sothat the water-inclosing cylinder and the induction air-pipe will be heatcdby one and the same burner, as shown and described. 7

3. The air-pipe h, the gas-burner y, the air-wheel a, and the gas-supply chamber 0, arranged in relation. to each other. that either heated or cold air may be introduced into the carburetiug-wheel; as may be desired.

4. The removable valve j of the inner-fixed cylinder,

with its stem projecting through the outer fixed cylinder for the purpose described.

JAMES H. VAN HOUTEN.

.. \Vitnesses OLIVER DRAKE, ABRAHAM Mnwnn'ns.

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